oh boy

so yet another person has resigned at my job.

this sucks.

we already have stressful jobs, very stressful jobs. and the fact that we're already low staffed makes them more stressful. and now, even less staffing. and medicare changing it's payment and shorter lengths of stay, crappy equipment and complaining co-workers.

what's a girl to do?

i like where i work, who i work with, the patients that i see.
people leave because they can't take the stress for too long. and it's starting to get long.

unfortunately we have a rotation system. it's great if you're a new grad and bad if you have a couple years experience but someone else wants to check out your floor. which means in may (yes, quite a ways away) i may get "kicked out" of my beloved position. i'd like to stay on my floor permanently.

i mean permanently until i move away, i'm too old or i have babies.

someday i'd like to consider myself more than proficient with a patient population.

how does that happen when you can't treat those patients for more than a couple years? how?

well, no need to worry about that yet. i have two more years to work there without financial obligation. i hope i can make it!